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T. E. OGRAM.

ATOMIZER.

No. 478,940. Patented July 12, 1892 UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

THOMAS E. OGRAM, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

ATQMIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,940, dated July 12,1892.

Application filed September 16, 1891. Serial No. 405,872. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. OGRAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at VVashlngton, District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Atomizers; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of devicesknown as atomizers, in which a fluid-receptacle, a storagebulb, and acompressible bulb are employed; and my said invention has for itsobjects, first, to permit of the dischargertube being turned in anydirection, so that the fluid may be delivered directly where desired,and at the same time prevent the escape of fluid at the o nt, whichobjects I accomplish by forming a recess in the stopper, fitting asleeve there- I in, forming a shoulder upon the lower end of thedischarge-tube that turns in said sleeve, and surrounding this end ofthe tube with a packing located between the shouldered end of the tubeand lower end of the sleeve; second, to utilize the entire contents ofthe storage-bulb without working the compressible bulb and control theadmission of air to the fluid-receptacle, whereby the discharge of thefluid may be regulated and produce for quite a while a continuous or anintermittent jet, and this I accomplish by arranging the expansion-bulbupon the top of the stopper and locating a valve in'said stopperintermediate of the compressible bulb and expansion-bulb, said valveserving, normally, to close the airpassage from the storage-bulb to thefluid-receptacle and being operated from the outside by means of apush-rod.

In carrying out my invention I proceed as follows, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, where- 1n Figure 1represents a perspective view of my improved device entire, and Fig. 2an enlarged vert-icalsectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates a bottle or otherreceptacle for the fluid, and B a stopper, which may be properly fittedin the mouth thereof. The stopper may be constructed of any suitablematerial and of any desired shape or form. In the present instance it isshown as cylindrical in the form of a plug, having a tapering extensionat at its lower end, which is surrounded with a packing-ring b, ofrubber or other suitable material, by means of which it may be tightlyextends up through the open end of the re cess c and sleeves d, theprojecting end extending into a discharge or jet tube h. The

lower end of the tube h is provided with a shoulder, above which islocated a packingring 6 to prevent the escape of liquid from the vesselbelow. This construction permits the jet-tube to be turned in anydirection freely, at the same time preventing the escape of fluid at thejoint. The plug is also provided with a horizontal recess i and anoblique passage 70, to which may be connected a tube to extend into thevessel which contains the fluid. From the side of the plug extends aprojection or boss m, to which is secured one end of a flexible sleeve92, through which extends a valve-rod 19, carrying a valve 0*, whichbears normally against a suitable valve-seat, keeping the passages tothe vessel below normally closed. The valve-rod at its outer end isprovided with a shouldered button If, to which the other end of theflexible sleeve is attached, the valve-rod being surrounded by a spiralspring 1), which holds it normally in position.

The letter O indicates a flexible bulb, which is connected with therecess tin the plug or stopper by means of a branch tube 0. The saidbulb at one end is provided with an opening and an inwardlyclosing valved, by means of which air may be admitted to the bulb when expanded andclosed when the bulb is contracted, so as to force the air into thechamber or recess t' before mentioned.

The recess 'i at its upper end is internally screw-threaded for thereception of the externally-screw-threaded lower end of a vertical tubee, which is provided at its upper end with an expansion-bulb b, whichserves as a storage vessel or receptacle for the air driven in by thebulb C, so as to give a continuous and uninterrupted flow of air to thevessel A and insure a continuous emission of fluid therefrom through theatomizer-tube.

The valve and its thumb-button serve as a means for controlling theinjection of air into the vessel A and the ejection of the atomizedliquid therefrom.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Upon compressing the bulb 0air is forced through the recesst' and tube c into the storage-bulb h.Then upon pushing the button t the valve 7' is unseated, permitting theair to enter the vessel and drive out the fluid through the tubes {1 andIt. By this means it is evident that the fluid in quantities, asdesired, may be discharged from the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

1. In an atomizer comprisinga fluid-receptacle, a storage-bulb, and acompressible bulb, and a valve-chamber and valve located intermediatelybetween the expansion-bulb and the compressible bulb, the valve serving,normally, to close the air-passage to the fiuid-receptacle, for thepurposes specified.

2. In an atomizer comprising a fluid-receptacle, compressible bulb, andstorage-bulb, a stopper closing the mouth of the fluid-receptacle,having a recess therein that connects with the storage-bulb and with theinterior of the fluid receptacle, and a valve serving, normally, toclose the air-passage to the fluid-receptacle.

3. In an atomizer comprising a fluid-receptacle, compressible bulb, andstorage-bulb, and a valve serving, normally, to close the passage to thefluid-receptacle, having a push-rod operated from the outside.

4-. In an atomizer comprising a fluid-receptacle, a compressible bulb,and a storage-bulb, the stopper closing the mouth 'of thefluid-receptacle, having a recess with separate openings thatcommunicate with the compressible bulb and with the storage-bulb andwith the interior of the vessel, and a valve arranged in said recess andserving, normally, to close the passage to the fluid-receptacle.

5. In an atomizer comprising a fluid-receptacle, a compressible bulb,and a storage-bulb, the stopper closing the mouth of thefluid-rcceptacle, having a recess and a valve arranged in said recess, avalve-rod having a spiral spring, and a thumb-button for operating thesame.

6. The combination, in an atomizer, of a fluid-receptacle, a stopperclosing the mouth of the fluid-receptacle, a compressible bulb arrangedat the side of the stopper, a storagebulb arranged upon the top of thestopper, and a valve located in the stopper and serving, normally, toclose the passage to the fluid-reccptacle.

7. In an atomizer, the combination, with the receptacle for the fluid,of a stopper closing the mouth of the fiuid receptacle, having a recesscommunicatingwith theinteriorot' the vessel, the sleeve fitting therein,the dischargetube having a shouldered end fitting and turning in saidsleeve, and the packing surrounding the tube and located between theshoulder of said tube and the end of the sleeve, for the purposesspecified.

8. The combination, in an atomizer, with the valve and valve-rod, saidrod projecting exteriorly and by which the valve is operated, of asleeve inclosing said rod, for the purposes specified.

THOMAS E. OGRAM.

Witnesses:

HARVEY S. V. DEGAW, WM. H. BREREroN.

